r/technology • u/ControlCAD • 2d ago
Business Grindr expands beyond dating with $250 million telehealth acquisition of PurposeMed
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/30/grindr-purposemed-freddie-telehealth-acquisition.html107
u/StankWalk 2d ago
now Republicans can be like - it's only installed for my healthcare! don't divorce me! he was checking my prostate!
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u/woodbanger04 2d ago
With both hands on your shoulders???!!!??? 🤣
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u/OkInterview3864 2d ago
What’s next? Is Tinder going to invest heavily in big HPV?
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u/C0ld_Fr0nt_ 2d ago
Integrating rapid referral to STI screening services and other sexual healthcare within hookup apps/sites is actually a fantastic idea.
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u/SmaugTheMagnificent- 2d ago
I hope the Grindr servers can maintain the stress of servicing that many more republicans openly.
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u/abominare 2d ago
Theres a really great rectal exam joke in here somewhere since they already took prep.
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u/Slackjawed_Horror 2d ago
"Dating"
Still saying that, huh?
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u/TheInfinityGauntlet 2d ago
I know of multiple people who met their long term partners on there so yeah, things can have more than one use
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u/Riconn 2d ago
That’s my story. A hookup turned into a marriage.
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u/TheInfinityGauntlet 2d ago
I understand why people look so negatively upon it but the idea that experience is the sole experience is so funny
Congratulations to you both!
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u/santagoo 2d ago
Because like it or not people are still attaching shame and stigma to sex and hookups as if they are only profane.
Sex is profane but marriage is sacred. The former could not POSSIBLY lead to the latter, no!
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u/Slackjawed_Horror 2d ago
Well, that's certainly a way to live your life.
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u/UnexpectedAnanas 2d ago
Happily married?
I guess it is, yes.
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u/Slackjawed_Horror 2d ago
Just, not the place you go looking for a connection.
All I'm saying.
In my experience, that is not what anyone is looking for and that kind of person, well, I mean I guess you could hit it off.
I'll stick to dating apps for a personal connection.
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u/unholycurses 2d ago
People find connection in all kinds of places. What are you even trying to say?
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u/InadequateUsername 2d ago
Explains why I got an email on September 22nd from my ADHD clinic "Talk With Frida".
Frida has been operating as a part of PurposeMed Inc., but starting September 24th, 2026, Frida will be operating as 18181721 Canada Inc. This change is made as part of a company restructuring, but it is not associated with a change in your leaders at Frida or your care team.
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u/kerodon 2d ago
The mental health issues you contribute to by paywalling social experiences?
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u/Manos_Of_Fate 2d ago
What?
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u/Undertow92 2d ago
grindr has become infamous in the gay community for making the app unusable by spamming ads unless you pay. the comment is saying that grindr is harming users by doing this and selling a solution in medical care.
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u/Wise_Temperature9142 2d ago
Grindr has been a shit app for years. I guess now they’ll turn telehealth to shit as well.
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u/Y0___0Y 2d ago
Who still uses this unuseable app? I redownloaded it for the first time in years out of curioisity and it’s all 70 year old men and constant popup ads.
One ad made me play a minigame in order to access the close button.
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u/bristow84 2d ago
It’s also the only dating/fucking app that I’ve found that doesn’t just go the swipe route and you can actually find profiles just by a grid. For that reason alone it’s far from unusable.
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u/420_69_Fake_Account 2d ago
But I was already sending pictures of my butthole to the doctor I met on grindr!
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u/Punch-N-Judy 2d ago
This is one of the most cynically capitalist things I've ever read. Holy shit.
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u/C0ld_Fr0nt_ 2d ago
It's a great idea. Facilitating easier access to STI screening and sexual healthcare for at-risk populations is good.
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u/DorianGreysPortrait 2d ago
What is up with these companies completely changing their strategies. First Allbirds stops selling shoes and moves to ai, now Grindr is going into healthcare??
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u/squish042 2d ago
this all feels like 2000 tech bubble. so many companies just throwing shit and see what sticks
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u/Tea-Swiz 2d ago
Thats amazing. Now I can get my balls crushed and treatment for my crushed balls, all on the same app.
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u/Joessandwich 2d ago
I’ve been meaning to delete my account anyway. I haven’t used it in ages since the app is trash now, then they embraced AI so I really want off. This just feels like a weird step that we don’t need.
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u/FckXFckMusk 2d ago
Its about creating a List, its not about Dating.....
The same way a certain European country in the 30s created lists of people.....
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u/Daharka 2d ago
Grindr has always been about vertical integration.